It is thought that the singer will join co-chairs Anna Wintour, actress Rooney Mara, Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci and Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo on the event's receiving line, report
WWD
. However, Beyoncé will be ensconced in her Mrs Carter world tour at the time and will have to fly from the UK, where she is performing a number of dates in London and Manchester, to New York for just a matter of hours before returning to resume her musical commitments.

The chairmanship comes in a year that has already seen Beyoncé cover two editions of
Vogue
- UK and US - back a Gucci-founded charity,
Chime for Change
, and be unveiled as the
face of H&M
.